MAIN IDEA: The main idea of a reading passage is a sentence that tells what the passage is mostly about.
Questions about the main idea might ask you to find what the passage is mostly about or mainly about. The questions might also ask you to choose the best title for a passage. When answering a question about main idea, ask yourself, What is the passage mostly about? Then choose your answer.
Remember: Each paragraph has its own main idea.
The main idea is sometimes found in the first sentence of a paragraph.
The main idea is sometimes found in thelast sentence of a paragraph.
The main idea is sometimes the topic mentioned most in a paragraph.
Remember: The entire reading has an overall main idea.
The main idea of a reading can be found in the first of last paragraph of the reading.
The title can help you identify the main idea.
Here is an organizer to help you organizing your thinking:
MAIN IDEA: The main idea of a reading passage is a sentence that tells what the passage is mostly about.
Questions about the main idea might ask you to find what the passage is mostly about or mainly about. The questions might also ask you to choose the best title for a passage. When answering a question about main idea, ask yourself, What is the passage mostly about? Then choose your answer.
Remember: Each paragraph has its own main idea.
The main idea is sometimes found in the first sentence of a paragraph.
The main idea is sometimes found in the last sentence of a paragraph.
The main idea is sometimes the topic mentioned most in a paragraph.
Remember: The entire reading has an overall main idea.
The main idea of a reading can be found in the first of last paragraph of the reading.
The title can help you identify the main idea.
Here is an organizer to help you organizing your thinking:
Here are a list of websites:
Yahoo NewsCNN
National Geographic
New York Times
USA Today
ESPN
Big Red Network
Main Idea Project:
Use these documents to show your understanding of Finding the Main Idea in a text.
1. Preview both documents
2. Choose one you would like to use for your project.
Now that you have chosen an article,
3. Use the document titled "Overall Idea of Article"
After you have completed the web diagram:
3 Create a ComicLife document with pictures from the internet that represent each main idea of the article.
Write sentences for each picture to explain it. Then tell where you find this important information. Your sentence should look like this:
This is a sentence explaining the picture representing the main idea.
I found this information in paragraph 1 sentence 1.